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- Date Released: September 15, 1999
- Genre: Jazz
- Style: Avant-garde, Bebop, Contemporary
- Label: Palmetto / Iris
A '60s jazz giant makes a bold 2000 comeback.
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We Say...
Pianist and composer Andrew Hill was one of the great jazzmen of the '60s yet was often overlooked, perhaps because his elusive music never fit comfortably on either side of the bop/free-jazz divide. He wrote in a distinctively knotty style somewhat similar to Eric Dolphy's, working in complex extended harmonic territory, but never discarding tonality entirely. Dusk, released in 2000, was Hill's first recording in ten years, and was unexpectedly named best album of the year by both Downbeat and Jazztimes. The set of eight originals is performed by a supple, virtuosic sextet of highly regarded younger players, who smoothly navigate Hill's thorny three-part horn harmonies, and sound fluidly assured on "Sept" and "15/8," two exhilarating odd-meter workouts. The standout is reedist Marty Ehrlich, who turns in an impassioned, searching alto solo on "Sept." Still, the most intriguing of all the soloists is Hill himself, whose playing is full of cryptic dead-end phrases, and lines that turn sharply back in on themselves with cannibalistic verve.
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They Say...
Andrew Hill's first album since 1990's But Not Farewell is also his first for Palmetto, a daring indie label for which his unorthodox music is perfectly suited. A fascinating song cycle inspired by Jean Toomer's 1923 book Cane, Dusk finds the veteran pianist at the helm of a phenomenal new sextet comprised of Ron Horton on trumpet, Gregory Tardy and Marty Ehrlich on saxophones, Scott Colley on bass, and Billy Drummond on drums. The somewhat lengthy title track, built upon a repeated bassline, has the horns executing thick harmonies and darting unison passages. "Sept" and "15/8" are extended, frenetic forays into odd meter. "Tough Love" and "Focus" are unaccompanied piano solos that offer new insights into Hill's unpredictable musical language. "ML" and "Ball Square" are two relatively brief selections: the former a waltz, the latter an uptempo swing with a half-time interlude that strongly evokes Charles Mingus. "T.C." is a tribute to the late saxophonist Thomas Chapin, featuring Tardy and Ehrlich on dueling bass clarinets. (No bass clarinet credits are given on the CD jacket.) With Dusk, Andrew Hill makes it plain that his uncompromising musical vision is intact, undiluted, and perhaps more advanced than ever.
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Dusk |
12:05 |
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| 02. | |
ML |
4:10 |
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| 03. | |
Ball Square |
4:25 |
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| 04. | |
Tough Love |
7:19 |
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Sept |
12:27 |
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| 06. | |
T.C. |
7:54 |
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15/8 |
10:31 |
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| 08. | |
Focus |
0:53 |
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08 Total Tracks, 59:44 Total Length
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Credits
- Matt Balitsaris - Producer // Matt Balitsaris - Producer // Marty Ehrlich - Sax (Alto) // Marty Ehrlich - Sax (Alto) // Marty Ehrlich - Sax (Alto) // Marty Ehrlich - Sax (Alto) // Marty Ehrlich - Sax (Alto) // Andrew Hill - Piano // Andrew Hill - Piano // Andrew Hill - Main Performer // Andrew Hill - Main Performer // Billy Drummond - Drums // Billy Drummond - Drums // Scott Colley - Bass // Scott Colley - Bass // Greg Tardy - Clarinet // Greg Tardy - Flute // Greg Tardy - Sax (Tenor) // Howard Mandel - Liner Notes // A.T. Michael MacDonald - Engineer // A.T. Michael MacDonald - Mastering // Ron Horton - Trumpet // Emilio Cruz - Cover Portrait // Jason Grotrian - Design
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